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Four days of racing crowned the U19 and U17 Champions at the Federazione Italian Vela Two-Person Dinghy Championship hosted at Marina di Loano in Italy, 6-9 September 2018.

The International 420 Class Association is hosting a High Level Coaches Clinic at the I420 Sailing Academy in Vilamoura, Portugal from 3-7 October 2018.

The first event of South Africa's annual Southern Charter Classic Series kicked off over the weekend of 8-9 September at Zeekoevlei Yacht Club, just south-east of Cape Town.

Eleven classes competed at Santander International Sailing Week, which wrapped up on Sunday 9 September with the 420 and Snipe Classes putting the finishing touches to the leaderboards.

The International 420 Class Association runs an Events Calendar to cover 420 Class events around the world.

From 29 August-28 September 2018, the Rooster 420 Open Hungarian National Championships and Trophy was held at the Balatonfüred Club  on Lake Balaton, featuring 21 teams from Hungary and the Czech Republic.

420 Builder Nautivela is offering massive discounts to buy 420s used at the 2017 and 2018 Worlds.

The 2018 Sail Canada Youth Championships had 112 boats from across the nation competing in the International 420 Class, Laser Radial, Laser 4.7, C420, and 29er.

Eight races decided the overall, men and women Champions at the Polish 420 Nationals, hosted in Gdansk from 30 August to 1 September.

As 2020 is the 60th Anniversary of the 420 Class, it was decided that the World Championships should return to France, the country in which the boat was designed.